Christmas Cake Recipe 8 Inch Tin

Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.

Christmas cake recipe 8 inch tin. Line the base and sides with 2 layers of baking parchment. But it will also make cakes using either of the following sized deep sided cake tins. Tie a band of brown paper around the outside of the tin and cover the top of the cake with a double square of greaseproof paper with a hole in the middle approximately the size of a 50p. As a tradition i make a christmas cake in an 8 inch cake tin however this year i thought i would make 4 separate cakes in 4 inch tins as i like to send a portion of cake as a gift.

Tie a double layer of brown paper or newspaper around the outside of the tin. Would i use the same amount of ingredient for a 8 inch cake then divide evenly in 4 inch tins. Wrap the outside of the tin with a few sheets of newspaper securing with staples or string. Grease a 20cm 8inch round or an 18cm 7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment.

1 x 6inch round cake and 2 x 4 inch round cakes. Grease a round 20cm 8 inch cake tin. Using her calculator below simply enter your tin shape and size or the number of. This recipe makes 1 x 8 inch round cake.

2 x 6 inch round cakes. Beat in the eggs. This chart helps down and upscale cake recipe quantities and assumes that the recipe you are using is the most common size shape which is an 8 inch 20cm round cake and 3 inch 7 5cm deep. Preheat the oven to 150 c gas 2.

Cooking times for small christmas cakes. I take a speedy approach. Heat oven to 160c 140c fan gas 3. Butter and double line a deep cake tin 20cm round or 18cm square with enough baking parchment to come about 2 5cm above the top of the tin.

For square cakes use the round quantities below and deduct 1 inch from the round cake chart or alternatively see the cake tin sizes chart above. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. These timings are for a conventional oven and are meant to be a guide only. How to make christmas cake.

When you want to bake a christmas cake but don t have the correct tin size mary berry comes to the rescue. Fold in the flour and spices then add the fruit mixture and chpped nuts. And here s how the making part goes down. Finally stir in the sieved flour and mixed spice.

Meanwhile pre heat oven to 140 c 275 f gas 1 and line an 8 20cm round deep cake tin with greaseproof paper. Heat the oven to 150c 130c fan gas2.